What Happened In May 1935 In History

Historical Events for May, 1935

• 6th » New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
• 6th » The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk. Image:Hindenburg burning.jpg named thumb or 'Hindenburg' disaster
• 12th » Bill W. or Bill Wilson and Bob Smith (doctor) named Dr. Bob Smith (founders of Alcoholics Anonymous) meet for the first time in Akron, Ohio, at the home of Henrietta Siberling.
• 14th » The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
• 15th » The Moscow Metro is opened to the public.
• 24th » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 at Crosley Field.
• 25th » Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and field known as Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• 27th » New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
• 29th » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
• 31st » A 7.7 moment magnitude scale called Mw 1935 Balochistan earthquake or earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1935

• 1st » Ian Curteis, English director and playwright
• 1st » Julian Mitchell, English playwright and screenwriter
• 2nd » Lance LeGault, American actor (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)
• 2nd » Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
• 3rd » Ron Popeil, American businessman, founded the Ronco called Ronco Company
• 4th » Mr. Fuji, American wrestler and manager
• 5th » Douglas Marland, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1993)
• 5th » Bernard Pivot, French journalist
• 5th » Robert Rehme, American film producer
• 7th » Avraham Heffner, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 7th » Michael Hopkins (architect) called Michael Hopkins, English architect
• 8th » Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland, Scottish politician
• 8th » Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager
• 8th » Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
• 9th » Nokie Edwards, American guitarist and actor (The Ventures)
• 9th » Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (d. 1988)
• 10th » Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1980)
• 11th » Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (d. 1981)
• 11th » Doug McClure, American actor (d. 1995)
• 11th » Chris Perrins, English biologist, ornithologist, and academic
• 11th » Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist an author (d. 2007)
• 12th » Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 12th » Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 12th » Hoss Ellington, American race car driver (d. 2014)
• 12th » Gary Peacock, American bassist and composer
• 13th » Dominic Cossa, American opera singer
• 13th » Teddy Randazzo, American singer-songwriter and accordion player (The Three Chuckles) (d. 2003)
• 13th » Jan Saudek, Czech art photographer and painter
• 14th » Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian playwright and politician (d. 2004)
• 15th » Don Bragg, American pole vaulter
• 15th » Ted Dexter, Italian-English cricketer
• 15th » Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
• 16th » Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 17th » Dennis Potter, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 19th » David Hartman (TV personality) e.g David Hartman, American journalist and actor
• 20th » José Mujica, Uruguayan politician, 40th List of Presidents of Uruguay e.g President of Uruguay
• 20th » Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 21st » Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player and bandleader (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Ron Piché, Canadian baseball player (d. 2011)
• 23rd » Juliet Campbell (diplomat) or Juliet Campbell, English diplomat
• 23rd » Julian Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell, English politician
• 23rd » Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author (d. 2009)
• 24th » Joan Micklin Silver, American director and screenwriter
• 24th » Rusty York, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 25th » John Ffowcs Williams, Welsh engineer and academic
• 25th » Cookie Gilchrist, American football player (d. 2011)
• 25th » W. P. Kinsella, Canadian author
• 25th » Victoria Shaw (actress) called Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (d. 1988)
• 26th » Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic
• 26th » Sheila Steafel, South African–English actress
• 27th » Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 27th » Mal Evans, English manager and producer (d. 1976)
• 27th » Ramsey Lewis, American pianist and composer
• 27th » Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955
• 28th » Anne Reid, English actress
• 30th » Lee Gunther, American production manager and producer (d. 1998)
• 30th » Guy Tardif, Canadian politician (d. 2005)
• 31st » Jim Bolger, New Zealand politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand

Famous Deaths for May 1935

• 1st » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 12th » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 14th » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 15th » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1878)
• 17th » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, scholar, and educator (b. 1865)
• 19th » T. E. Lawrence, Welsh-English colonel (b. 1888)
• 21st » Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Peace Prize named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 29th » Josef Suk (composer) e.g Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1874)

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